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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.

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• What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.

  

  Varley O'Connor
  • Facts
  • Fact
  • Deeper

• In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Democracy
  • Never
  • Criticism

• I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.

  

  Nas
  • Up
  • Good
  • Love

• I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Up
  • Work
  • Success

• The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Sweet
  • Worst
  • Sweets

• I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.

  

  Rain
  • Music
  • She
  • American

• I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • God
  • Bad
  • Earth

• I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.

  

  Barry Bonds
  • Lonely
  • Afraid
  • Top

• Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Truth
  • Strong
  • Gold

• There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Up
  • Parent
  • Coffee

• I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • People
  • Good
  • Thought

• In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Believe
  • Food
  • Me

• I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.

  

  Valorie Curry
  • Love
  • Problem
  • Psycho

• I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.

  

  LaDainian Tomlinson
  • Life
  • Real
  • Why

• I'm a benefit to the city. I'm not a detriment.

  

  Manuel Moroun
  • City
  • Benefit
  • Detriment

• In this post 9-11 world we live in, it is critical we take steps to improve the safety and security of the Trucking Industry which has proven to be our most mobile and flexible mode of transporting goods.

  

  Zack Wamp
  • World
  • Live
  • Safety

• When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.

  

  Majel Barrett
  • Star
  • Woman
  • Ship

• I'd love to do movies and be on TV. But I think if I transitioned into TV/film completely, I would really miss singing and dancing. It would be ideal to be cast in a movie musical!

  

  Laura Osnes
  • Movie
  • Singing
  • Dancing

• I want to inspire people to change the world. That's something that I feel that I'm meant to do here... really going to change the world. I asked God to make me immortal so I can do it.

  

  Bryson Tiller
  • People
  • World
  • God

• To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get.

  

  David Small
  • Real
  • Forgiveness

• I didn't wake up and decide to become an activist. But you couldn't help notice the inequities, the injustices. It was all around you.

  

  Yuri Kochiyama
  • Up
  • Help
  • You

• My new favorite thing is to wake up in hotel rooms, and write on the hotel pads. Usually, it's nothing. I leave it in a hotel and get really embarrassed about the maid picking it up, wondering what in the hell I'm talking about.

  

  Caitlin Rose
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Wonder

• Oh God! I'm going to miss him. I can’t yet imagine life without him. But I guess with God’s help... I'll learn. I keep looking at the photo he gave me of himself, which says, 'To my true love Elizabeth, I love you forever.' And, I will love HIM forever.

  

  Elizabeth Taylor
  • Life
  • God
  • True

• I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.

  

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